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By: Connor Harley

Connor Harley — Sat, 06 Jul 2013 15:41:08 +0000

For a more business purpose, putting your name on a blog is a very big advantage. But for personal blogs, I would rather prefer maintain the anonymity of my identity.

By: kiko @ quickcashautoloans

kiko @ quickcashautoloans — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 21:47:29 +0000

I think it is great to put your name to all your work. Another plus to putting a photo and your name to your work is that it adds credibility to your work

By: Manda

Manda — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 03:00:31 +0000

In reply to Bridget. I guess it comes down to the fact that people in our offline lives, at least those close to us, know us (or feel like they know us) so much better than those in our online lives. Or maybe they would just rather be doing something else than reading a blog. (Why would they ever want that?? :P)

By: Lindsey @ Cents & Sensibility

Lindsey @ Cents & Sensibility — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 02:43:00 +0000

Hi Daizy and Manda
I say I blog semi-anonymously. I have my picture up and use my first and middle name as my “pen name” – I’m not sure it would be really difficult to find me offline. Some of the stuff I blog about are pretty personal but I figured if I’m putting it online for all the world to see, I should probably be prepared for someone to connect the dots. So it’s there for people to find, if they’re so inclined.
You raise some great points for the pros of being public with your blog!Thanks

By: Manda

Manda — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:32:17 +0000

In reply to Tammy R. I definitely agree about bloggers needing a name, even if it's an alias! It's easier to build a relationship with a blogger if you can put the content to a name, alias or otherwise.

By: Bridget

Bridget — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 14:47:30 +0000

Great post! I don’t blog anonymously for many of the same reasons you listed. I thought the one about people offline not caring particularly true — most of my friends, family and coworkers are wholly uninterested in my blog and have always been. I don’t know why that surprised me when I first started, I guess narcissistically we all assume we’re SUPER interesting and EVERYONE wants to know about us but the reality is no one cares.

By: Erinn

Erinn — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:56:13 +0000

The only thing I can’t decide though is that it’s all good blogging un-anonymously until something goes wrong, right? Nobody in your offline life cares about your blog, until you get a crazy stalker or something scary happens. But then again, even if you try to blog anonymously to avoid any craziness like that, a true stalker (I mean in the truest, criminal sense of the word) will probably be able to crack blog anonymity anyway, you know? It’s tough to make the anonymous/unanonymous decision for sure!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 12:24:48 +0000

I recently became public with my blog, and you are right, people in the offline world don’t really care. I don’t think anyone that I’ve told still reads my blog.